I would have preferred to vote for Gooch - but that's not an option, and anyway I suppose I don't have any credibility left after having originally voted for Vaughan, anyway!

So looking at the two, Sehwag and Anwar, I will go for Anwar.
Why?

I believe his style will complement Hayden, and besides he is a more aesthetically pleasing batsman than Sehwag besides being tighter technically (though not much in it).
Hayden and Sehwag both bludgeoners of the ball have too much sameness in style to be batting together. Anwar would even it out nicely.

Also, Sehwag has not done enough in his short career to really imo be worthy of inclusion and also, dare I say it, many of his runs are the product of mediocre bowling attacks and flat pitches. I do not think his techinique is good enough against quality bowling on poor tracks. *ducks for cover*

I'm not sure you need to use players gelling together as a criteria to select a best side over 2 decades. It isn't like these guys will actually be padding up and batting with each other. I think we need to assess who is the better batsman/player of the bunch, and use stats/performance/ability as criteria, and not whether a player would fit into the side well. After all, this isn't the best XI that would play together from the last 2 decades.

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I'm not sure you need to use players gelling together as a criteria to select a best side over 2 decades. It isn't like these guys will actually be padding up and batting with each other. I think we need to assess who is the better batsman/player of the bunch, and use stats/performance/ability as criteria, and not whether a player would fit into the side well. After all, this isn't the best XI that would play together from the last 2 decades.

Definitely. Sums up exactly what we're trying to achieve, IMO.

Originally Posted by flibbertyjibber

Only a bunch of convicts having been beaten 3-0 and gone 9 tests without a win and won just 1 in 11 against England could go into the home series saying they will win. England will win in Australia again this winter as they are a better side which they have shown this summer. 3-0 doesn't lie girls.

have to go for sehwag. i would like to have a left - right combination. he can decimate any attack along with hayden. otherwise not much between anwar and sehwag. though anwar not scoring a double is, according to me, a glitch in his resume.

I'm not sure you need to use players gelling together as a criteria to select a best side over 2 decades. It isn't like these guys will actually be padding up and batting with each other. I think we need to assess who is the better batsman/player of the bunch, and use stats/performance/ability as criteria, and not whether a player would fit into the side well. After all, this isn't the best XI that would play together from the last 2 decades.